Tell us about Teshe's relationships with each member of his squad!
I should start with the clarification that my Havoc Squad includes three of my OCs. Teshe is not the CO, he’s just one more member of the crew and it suits him fine. He sees himself as nothing more than a glorified mercenary. Patriotism and idealism aren’t in his vocabulary, he’s here to do his job. And if his superiors ever demand something he’s not willing to do (like sacrifice his life for the cause), he can find himself a different line of work ― no big deal.
Tanno Vik is the only one who can understand Teshe’s approach, but they’re not even friends. Teshe dislikes how Vik uses every opportunity to profiteer. Teshe might be a mercenary at heart, but he has some principles and professional pride. He won’t take bribes, won’t double-deal, won’t betray his employer’s trust unless he was betrayed first. And that’s why he and Vik don’t get along all that much, even though they come from similar backgrounds.
Teshe has a lot of respect for Elara. Like her, he took a great risk leaving his old life behind. And he can always count on her doing her best, that’s all he ever asks from everyone he works with. But their relationship becomes strained when Teshe finds out what Imperials did to his mother and how they basically ruined his life. Suddenly, even former Imperials can’t be trusted because each of them may secretly be an evil douchebag.
Aric thinks that Teshe shouldn’t be in the military. Teshe always gets the job done, but he shows no loyalty, no commitment to the cause. Wouldn’t it make more sense for him to be a hired gun? Meanwhile, Teshe doesn’t take Aric’s criticism personally, he just waves it all away and only ever argues with Aric about something practical. So it kinda goes like this
Aric: But don’t you care about defending the Republic?
Teshe: Nah, man, just doing my job. I’m paid to defend the Republic, not paid to care about it
Teshe doesn’t really understand Yuun and Forex, but his relationships with them are rather amicable. He likes learning how Yuun does his engineering stuff, it seems so fascinatingly complicated. He enjoys listening about Forex’s adventures and violently creative solutions, even though all this patriotic extremism is too much for Teshe. He’s like, “I don't get it, but it's none of my business. You do you, crazy Imperial-killing machine!”